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Classics 101 - Presenting Alfred Hitchcock: Part 1, The Silent Years

10/08/14 by Cliff Weimer

The name Hitchcock has become synonymous with motion-picture suspense. From the silent era through the mid-1970s, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock directed more than 50 films, and although his resume includes a handful of non-thrillers, it's for such films as North by Northwest, Rear Window, Rebecca, Vertigo and Psycho that he's become a household word and cinematic legend...as The Master of Suspense. It's not that Hitchcock ('Hitch...
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WARNER: Lust For Life Making Blu-Ray Debut in February

10/08/14 by Kristen Lopez

Warner has just slated a February 3rd street date for the Blu debut of Lust for Life (1956). A biopic of painter Vincent van Gogh, which earned a Best Actor Golden Globe for Kirk Douglas, was previously released by Warner on DVD in 2006. Also of note, it will be coming out as a pressed disc in wide release (not a MOD under the Warner Archive banner). Bonus content and final artwork have not been announced....
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TCM VAULT: Remember the Night Comes to Blu-Ray in November

10/08/14 by Kristen Lopez

TCM and Universal have announced a November 3rd release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the Barbara Stanwyck / Fred MacMurray Christmas classic, Remember the Night in honor of its 75th-anniversary. The 1940 romantic comedy was put out on a manufactured on-demand DVD, also through TCM and Universal, back in 2010. This marks the second Barbara Stanwyck Christmas comedy coming to Blu this year; Warner is releasing Christmas in Connecticu...
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FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Tickle Your Funny Bone With Two New Comedies

10/07/14 by Kristen Lopez

Two comedies, new to DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The Magnificent Dope (1942) - Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton One Wild Night (1938) - June Lang, Dick Baldwin, Lyle Talbot Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on October 28th. These DVDs add to the total of over 200 Cinema Archive titles exclusively a...
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WARNER ARCHIVE: Yankee Doodle Dandy & Possessed Debut on Blu in Latest Release

10/07/14 by Kristen Lopez

Warner has announced three new releases as part of their Archive Collection; two popular dramatic titles on Blu-Ray and another drama starring Olivia de Havilland. Warner Archive continues to put forth popular titles on HD, giving Yankee Doodle Dandy its Blu-Ray debut. The 1942 James Cagney musical received a two-disc Special Edition DVD in 2003. Bonus content on Warner's new Blu-Ray carries over half of the content from that special edition, including audio commentari...
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TV TIME: Art Carney - More Than Just Ed Norton

10/01/14 by Rick Brooks

Regular readers of this column know how much I love The Honeymooners, and of course an essential element of that sitcom's timeless appeal is Ed Norton, arguably the best second banana in television history. Jackie Gleason, who was immodest enough to dub himself 'The Great One,' nevertheless always gave credit to co-star Art Carney for creating such an unforgettable character. When you've seen The Honeymooners as many times as I have, and in so many of its differe...
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FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Double Dose of Comedy in Latest Wave

09/30/14 by Kristen Lopez

Two comedies, new to DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. Life Begins in College (1937) - Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Joan Davis, Gloria Stuart Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) - Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, Charlotte Greenwood, Milton Berle Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on October 21st. These DVDs add to the total of ove...
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KINO: Two Thrillers Prepare for Blu Debut in December

09/29/14 by Kristen Lopez

Kino's new off-shoot label KL Studio Classics has announced a street date of December 2nd for Barbara Stanwyck's Witness to Murder and the 1950s British sci-fi thriller The Quatermass Xperiment. Witness to Murder is being released simultaneously on DVD and Blu-ray, marking its debut in both formats. Quatermass was previously released on DVD in 2011 from MGM. Bonus content is sparse, with Witness to Mu...
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WARNER ARCHIVE: Olivia de Havilland Leading Lady of Two Upcoming Titles

09/26/14 by Kristen Lopez

Two new-to-DVD releases starring Olivia de Havilland have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. They are: Government Girl (1943) - Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Davenport, Una O'Connor Wings of the Navy (1939) - George Brent, John Payne, Frank McHugh, John Litel, Victor Jory Both DVDs will be available here at ClassicFlix on October 14th and add to the total of ov...
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Alan Ladd: Hollywood's Great Gatsby

09/25/14 by Laura Grieve

One of Alan Ladd's greatest performances -- though sadly also one of his least-seen -- was playing the title role in The Great Gatsby (1949). The off-screen Ladd had much in common with Jay Gatsby: outwardly successful, but inwardly insecure and vulnerable, the perfect meeting of man and role. And like Gatsby, Alan Ladd died far too young. Alan Ladd was born in Arkansas just over a century ago, on September 13, 1913. Ladd's father died when he was a kid. His c...
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